Cigarette



March 1, 1955 LL 2,703,088

CIGARETTE Filed March 3, 1954 INVENTOR Isaac Allen Mij 'ch e'll ATTORNEYUnited States Patent CIGARETTE Isaac Allen Mitchell, Woodmere, N. Y.

Application March 3, 1954, Serial No. 413,782

4 Claims. (Cl. 131--10) This invention relates to cigarettes.Specifically, it relates to means for causing the smoke to travel agreater distance through the cigarette before reaching the smokersmouth. It will be apparent that this will result in the smoke beingcooler. Also, the smoke will be cleaner because it will have been moreeffectively filtered by its extended contact with the tobacco filler.

Specifically, the invention comprises a spiral, substantially a righthelicoid in form, of a strip material placed within the cylindricalwrapper. The edges of the strip fit against the wrapper, and ittherefore acts as a bafile and directs the smoke along a spiral path. Asuitable material for use in this baffle is rice paper or other paperused in cigarette wrappers. Leaf tobacco may also used.

A preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanyingdrawing which is an axial section of a cigarette embodying theinvention. The tobacco filler has been omitted from a portion of thecigarette in the interests of clarity.

Referring now to the drawing: Numeral 1 indicates a cigarette having atubular wrapper 2 and a tobacco filler 3. A one-piece or unitary bafile4, formed substantially as a right helicoid, is disposed within thefiller 3 and has its transverse dimension extending through the majorportion of the filler. The lateral edges 5, 6 of the bafile 4 contactthe wrapper 2. It will be noticed that the filler 3 is shown arrangedspirally, but the invention is not limited to this arrangement.

Patented Mar. 1, 1955 ice The bafile 4 causes the smoke to follow aspiral course through the wrapper. As has been pointed out, this has thedesirable effect of cooling and filtering the smoke more effectivelythan is characteristic of conventional cigarettes. The eifect isobtained without increasing the cigarettes length. The material ofbafile 4 must be combustible so that it is burned together with thetobacco and it must not adversely change the taste of the cigarette.Rice paper or other cigarette wrapping paper may be used. Leaf tobaccomay also be used.

The drawing is illustrative only and no limitation to the number ofconvolutions shown is intended.

I claim:

1. A cigarette comprising a tubular wrapper; a tobacco filler therein;and a unitary baflle, substantially right helicoidal in form within saidfiller and having its transverse dimension extending through the majorportion of the filler, the lateral edges of said bafile contacting saidwrapper, and said battle consisting of a combustible material other thansaid filler, the smoke from which is compatible in taste with tobaccosmoke.

2. The combination defined in claim 1, in which said combustiblematerial is rice paper.

3. The combination defined in claim 1, in which said combustiblematerial is leaf tobacco.

4. A cigarette comprising a tubular wrapper; a tobacco filler therein;and a unitary bafiie, substantially right helicoidal in form Within saidfiller, the lateral edges of said bafile contacting said wrapper, andsaid bafile consisting of paper, the smoke from which is compatible intaste with tobacco smoke.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,911,711 Norris May 30, 1933 FOREIGN PATENTS 5,789 Great Britain 1893188,091 Germany July 11, 1907

